The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-04-20
THE MESSENGER MURDER.
Progress of the Trial of the Two Rock
Island Brakeman at Nor
ris, III.
The Work or the Detectives In the Case
Some Interesting Testi-
mOny.
IMonnIs, nLL.) connEspoNprNcr.l


The Schwartz-Watt trial is now in its fourth
week. and is believed To be nearing the end.
The prosecution rested its case several da 20
ago. and tn defense has been introduc NC testi-
mony for nearly week. Anumberof witnesses
have cen called for the purpose OF impeaching
some OF the Prosecutions witnesses ana estab-
fishing the good character tf the two de-
Among the witnesses examined during the
week by the secutcn was Frank
Wind, Pinkerton detective who has been
braking on the Rock Island Road since August
last, and who was placed on the road To Shadow
Schwartz ana Watt. He told an interesting
story of his experience. He rooned with
schwartz in Davenport slept with Bob Watt in
Chicago, and sometimes with Newt. He said
he came 70 Chicago from Philadelphia to con-
tinue in the employ of Pinkerton. The first de-
velopment no made was n conversation he
heard between the prisoners at Davenport.
schwartz called Watt aside and told him he
could not make IL. Watt said: when you
make it," and Schwartz replied Il will try IL
next trip" Schwartz, at a subsequent time,
said that unless the company raised his
wages he would start in, business for
hiuself, and added that his fathef
had offered him 5000 for tEat pur-
pose About this time Watt told the witness
that his father-n- law was going TO receive
81. 30 ON back pension, aud that IL would be di-
vided equally between his Watts wife and her
sister. When they afterwards becam better
acquainted Watt told him that some day when
he.felt better. he would tell him oil about the
talk that was being circulated he also told him
the onth. in Chicago, schwartz said that he in
nded TO go to Kansas in the spring and buy
stock ranch. About Oct. IL, in a Chicago
saloon just before Schwartz started for
Philadelphia. he and Watt withdrew to the
rear OF the saloon ana told witness to keep
away" when he came near them. While they
were talking witness stepped behind Il board
partition which set off q portion Of the room and
heard a part OF their conversation. Watt said
when TO don't Se
thing. Schwartz exclaimed: my God, Newt,
thought you knew me better than to think
that 1 would not even tell my wife" Schwartz
said he understood all the detectives were still
after them that the company had hired new
men, and that Pinkerton's forces had been
| withdrawn; he said he could take care of him
| self and that they could not trump UP any
| charges against him. Schwartz afterward told
witness that when he went TO philadelphia he
would have plenty OF stuff" and when he came
| back they would all have night in Chicago and
Davenport, he didn't care what it cost
William j. Gallagher, now serving sentence
| in the Joliet Penitentiary, testified to CONVEX
| sations he had with Schwartz while the two
We're prisoners in the Jail at Chicago. Schwartz
told witness about the $50 notes that he won
| playing faro at n gambling house at No. lbs
Clark street. and that he got the bills changed
| by buying meals at restaurants and ammuni-
| tion at pilding's. One day, while they we're
playins casino Schwartz stopped playing and
| asked him what 81 900 of American money
| would be worth in England. AT another
time Schwartz told him that when he got out Of
| Jail he was going TO Kansas, buy land. aud settle
| down. In January asst Gallagher had con-
versation in the Jail with Schwartz, who asked
him IL he could get 1000 in large bills changed
into s., $40 ana so bills. Gallagher said TO him.
| -Where did this money come from? is it con-
nected with the Rock Island robbery" Schwartz
said it was not. and then said that a brakeman
| on the fore part Of the train going out to
Davenport saw a jew get on a Pullman car
| with a sachel, which he placed under the seat !:
this sachel, Schwartz said, contained large
amount of money. When the train arrived at
| Davenport the brakeman took the sachel and
| left the train and the Jew continued on to
Kansas City without missing his sachel
Detective William A. Pinkerton was ex-
amined at great length concerning converse
| tions he had with Schwartz and Watt. Witness
told Schwartz he talked with his wife. and she
had said he had found a package containing
over $1,000 in the baggage-car coming from
| Davenport, and that he had brought the money
home without counting it. Witness said he
| knew it was portion of this money he had
| been spending. Witness said Schwartz APP
| parently disbelieved what he said about his
! wfes confession, and doubted her pres
ence in the city. Witness then sent for
her, and when she arrived defendant said !:
Ella, | understand you have been talking
with Pinkerton about this matter" She az
/ swered in the affirmative, and he Raid he
did not want to talk about it. Crhen ensued the
| scene as related by witness when examined by
| counsel for the defense, as stated above.) Wit
ness then told the defendant he knew he had
sent box weighing about a pound by the Bal
timore and Ohio Express to Philadelphia di-
rected TO Harry Mayhem, in care OF j. s.
Schwartz Defendant denied that there was
| money in this package, which he claimed con-
tanned meerschaum pipes Schwartz said IL he
| were to tell anything about the money it would
not agree with what Ella had said, as she had
for his version, and defendant replied he did
| not find IL in the express car; that IL
he had he would have known whose it
was. He did not find $1,000. and did
not know how much he found. He found
it the night he left Davenport with
Mulligan; found it under seat in the
smoker. There was brown wrapper around
| the package which marked 5000. "
| Schwartz reached Philadelphia ahead OF tho
box he had shipped, and on nj covering that he
was being Swallowed he burned the money up
| except $3.50. Witness then asked Schwartz
| where the balance of the money was, and de-
fendant said he would get it for him, but that
| he did not want to get the party In trouble who
| had il, as he entirely innocent. After much
questioning he finally admitted that he had
| given IL 20 Watt
Witness said he saw Watt at witness office
| in Chicago the following day and asked him
| where the package was. He did not reply for
| some time and then said Schwartz was a
liar IL he said he had given him any package.
| Mrs. Schwartz was present at the in
terview and called Watts attention to the fact
the package, and he must recollect that The
following day Watt and witness came to Morris
and went to the JAIL Witness told Schwartz
the result OF his interview, and Schwartz laughed
| and said "Give me a chance TO talk with him,
and 1 will get him around all right. .
| Schwartz, and the latter said, Newt, don't
| you recollect the package gave you wrapped
In brown Pssper% Wstt replied, mo: .
Watt said, Harry, don't try 10 mix me
Schwartz replied: "Newt. If you looked in the
parcel and found that IL contained money, and,
becoming alarmed. destroyed IL, say so, and I
| will have to make the amount good" Newt an
swered II don't know where it is" Witness
| told Watt IL in his ho1se Dec. III, 1886.
Schwartz replied Don't you see he knows
more about it than we thought, or ever told
hin?- Witness said: why can't you get itp'
| TO which Watt replied that he could not IL he
was hung. Witness said that Schwartz said the
| package conta ned $50 and 500 bills.
For the defense Jonas ID. Mead, OF Pax-
| ton ILL.,, father-in-law of the prisoner Watt.
was the first witness called to the stand.
| He testified to receiving back pension Of
81 007 in June, 1886, and deposited IT, less COM
missions, in the Ford County Bank at
that place. November IL he sent a draft for
. 500 TO Watt. He identified Watts indorse-
ment on the back of the draft.
The hair cut from Nichols head after death
was identified for tho State by A. l.. Lapete,
an undertaker's assistant. Walker s. Turner,
| and Mrs Nichols. The hair and that found In
the dead hand of Nichols were then admitted
| in evidence.
Quite an array OF witnesses, many Of them
from Philadelphia Chicago and other points,
testified to the good character OF Schwartz and
Watt